The AGAC is a 501 C 3 non profit Greyhound adoption center located at the Birmingham Race Course.We are a Pro-Racing Greyhound Adoption Group dedicated to the re-homing of retired Greyhounds.We work with several fellow Pro-Racing and Racing Neutral Greyhound adoption groups across the United States and Canada.

NOTICE ON THE "TRACK CLOSURE"

Did you come across our website because of the "Alabama track closure and 400 Greyhounds need homes immediately"?Ah, it's okay. Stop panicking. You've just fallen for an old trick of Greed$K's to get you to donate money to them even though they do NOT help the Greyhounds, they do NOT assist in finding them homes, they do NOT assist in any veterinary bills, they do NOT assist in transporting Greyhounds to new homes, they do NOT assist in any form or fashion to actually help the Greyhounds.But you're here and you're still reading this, so you want the truth. Sure! We'll gladly tell you!For one, please do your research. Read these links, come visit the hounds, and see the truth for yourself!American Greyhound Council Response to Greed$KGreyhound Racing DocumentaryGrey2KLies and the truth behind their liesWww.greyhoundchronicles.netIf you are unfortunate enough to get the link to the blog, please take notice. This is a perfect example of Grey2k LYING TO YOU TO FOOL YOU INTO DONATING TO THEM!DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR LIES!Take a good look at the article. 400 Greyhounds? 315 does NOT equal 400. AS PER THE GM OF THE MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK, there were only 315 Greyhounds at their track and that INCLUDED the ones at their adoption kennel.Notice it doesn't say which track? (updated, since this notice was posted on the AGRAC Facebook page, the article has suddenly included that it was the Mobile Greyhound Park)Notice there's no dates? Of course not, because Mobile Greyhound Park closed in 2017! LAST YEARNotice that donate button that sends you to Greed2K? Don't fall for their outright LIES!Greyhound Pets of America teamed up with the AGAC, along with the help of VIP Mobile Clinic and Dr. Darcie Odom to assist in finding homes for 168 of the 315 Greyhounds from the closing of Mobile Greyhound Park in August of 2017.Grey2k DID NOT SHUT THEM DOWN. Mobile was closing due to the owners remodeling the facility.Grey2k got, and is currently lying to you to get more, donations in the thousands to "help" the dogs... yet ZERO MONEY ACTUALLY WENT TO HELP ANY OF THEM!!Do not be fooled.The Birmingham Race Course is still running our beloved hounds.You want your donations to help the hounds? Your donations to us WILL. We won't turn down making a direct donation to our veterinarians to help us with our medical expenses either.Please donate where your money will actually go to the hounds and not someone's bank account for a vacation.They're RETIRED, not rescued!

Though the adoption center has been located on the track property for over 20 years, the new staff has been here since July 2009, under the leadership of Director Melony Cleveland (July 2009 - May 2015), and is currently under the leadership of Director Jennifer Boswell.Our love of the hounds has brought us together to help us move mountains in Greyhound adoption at Birmingham! Our resident staff members, Sam the Dachschund, as Church, Mushu, Teriyaki, and Kung Po the cats, help us to determine which hounds fit in with homes that have cats and small dogs.

*The majority of our hounds here are NOT RESCUES!**They are RETIRED RACING GREYHOUNDS!*

RETIRED GREYHOUND

A Greyhound who has been retired from racing for one reason or another.

RESCUED GREYHOUND

A Greyhound who was found running loose, taken out of a kill shelter or for whatever reason was in a situation where it's life was truly in danger.

REHABBED GREYHOUND

A Greyhound who has come into our care due to medical conditions. These hounds may be retired racers, returned to us, or even rescued by us. Medical conditions may be physical or psychological - from a broken hock to severe separation anxiety, our staff is 100% dedicated to their full recovery.

RETURNED GREYHOUND

A Greyhound who, for what ever reason, had to come back into the adoption program to find a new home. Sometimes due to a divorce, family moving, financial reasons or sometimes they were just not the right fit for a particular family. Either way, the hounds are ALWAYS welcomed back "home" with us were we will guarantee that they will find a new permanent loving home!

The staff here at the AGAC, and our Partnering Greyhound Adoption Groups who receive adoptable Greyhounds from us, have worked VERY HARD to make this a 100% ADOPTION FACILITY here at the Birmingham Race Course. When you come meet the hounds here at the AGRAC and enjoy interacting with them, please know that they are not in danger and never were.The majority of our Greyhounds are not "rescues" but rather just simply "retired".

﻿IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE PAYPAL TO MAKE A TAX DECUTABLE DONATION OR PAY YOUR DEPOSIT/ADOPTION FEE ON YOUR NEW HOUND, PLEASE CLICK THE DONATE BUTTON BELOW. ﻿

FUNDS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED FOR OUR SPECIAL NEEDS DOGS (BROKEN LEGS, SEIZURES, SENIORS MEDICAL NEEDS, ETC.) PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING THE HOUNDS. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT IT ON THE "HOW TO HELP" PAGE.